Installing AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 from Inventor Series 2008 CD on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
NOTE: This solution only works with an Autodesk Inventor Series 2008 installation media.
Installing Mechanical 2008 from Inventor Series 2008 CD on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 32bit or 64bit can be very easily defined in these short steps…
NOTE: These steps do not bypass normal Autodesk licensing/authorization, you should expect to use your own serial numbers in the normal way.
Copy your Inventor Series 2008 CD to your hard drive, to a folder path c:\Autodesk\CDs\InventorSeries2008
IMPORTANT: If you have more than one CD, copy them all to the same c:\Autodesk\CDs\InventorSeries2008 folder – overwriting any existing files and folders.
Start the Longbow Converter tool, select the 1st tab, pick the c:\Autodesk\CDs\InventorSeries2008folder.
The Converter will say that the media is not fully supported; simply click the Tools->Manual MSI Correction menu option
Once the conversion process is completed, click the “Run Setup/Install AutoCAD…” button to bring up your Inventor 2008 setup program as normal.
Un-check all install options except AutoCAD Mechanical 2008
Install as normal
Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 users: Once the installation process is complete, go back to the Converter, select the 3rd tab, pick the newly installed C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MDT 2008 folder, then click “Fix“
Now you can happily run your AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 on Windows 10, Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Troubleshooting:
– If you are unable to activate your product, or the activation process crashes:
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